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The 2024 Forbes 400: The 25 wealthiest people in America

It’s never been better to be a super-billionaire.

  • By Chase Peterson-Withorn
  • Forbes Staff

Billionaire Peter Thiel sold $600 million of Palantir stock this week

As data mining firm Palantir’s shares continue to climb, Thiel is cashing out. He’s not the only Palantir insider doing so.

  • By Phoebe Liu

Why Bitcoin’s biggest banker is making a risky move

Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong created one of crypto’s central players, a fee-gushing monster that holds more than a tenth of all the Bitcoin ever minted. But now, in the cause of “decentralization,” he’s pursuing a new path.

  • By Javier Paz

Rob Walton just joined the $100 billion club for the first time

The eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton is the first member of America’s richest family to boast a 12-figure fortune.

  • By Matt Durot
  • Forbes Staff

L’Oreal heiress Francoise Meyers becomes world’s richest woman

Walton overtook Meyers as the world’s richest woman early this month, the first time she secured the title since May 2022.

  • By Antonio Pequeño IV

Fortescue to spend $2.8 billion to electrify mining fleet

Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is stepping up efforts to decarbonize the world’s fourth-biggest iron ore miner by market cap with the purchase of $2.8 billion worth of electric-powered mining equipment.

  • By Ian Sayson

This immigrant just became a biotech billionaire

Shares of Summit Therapeutics, whose cancer drug candidate turned heads after it outperformed a blockbuster drug from Merck, have been on fire. Now both of its co-CEOs are billionaires.

  • By Kerry A. Dolan
  • Forbes Staff

Cards Against Humanity just sued Elon Musk for $15 million—Here’s why

Cards Against Humanity has a long history of trolling Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

  • By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

Who is Daniel Lubetzky? Snack food billionaire will replace Mark Cuban on ‘Shark Tank’.

Lubetzky founded the Kind snack company and is now worth an estimated $2.3 billion.

  • By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

Larry Ellison becomes world’s second-richest person – passing Jeff Bezos

Larry Ellison, Oracle’s billionaire chairman, surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the second-richest person in the world as Oracle’s shares surged again Monday key …

  • By Ty Roush
  • Forbes Staff
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